ABSTRACT

The post-war years, wrote M. Sorre in 1957, have brought forth a change in attitude from the tradition of Vidal de la Blache, and new research problems and procedures. There has occurred a 'mutation' in all countries and it is associated with changes in technologies. Objectives and methods of geographical research are being adapted to changed times, but they are rooted in tbe research procedures of the last generation. Analytical procedures are becoming more pronounced. This trend was already evident in the field of agrarian geography befare the war through the stimulus of certain historians but it has spread since the war to the whole field of geography. The reason is undoubtedly the increasing demand for more rigorous scientific procedures and it is also associated with the development and refinement of techniques, both statistical and instrumental. This is part of a general trend in scientific work.